I'm new to swift and have been trying to figure out how to pass by reference to populate my JSON data structure. Here is the scenario that is not working.

class faxioPrefs {

    var faxioDict = [
    "To": "",
    "From": "",
    "Regarding": "",
    "Cell": "",
    "NumPages": "",
    "Comments": "",
    "FaxNumber": ""]

    init() {

    }

}

// Initiate instance of class
let prefjson = faxioPrefs()

// Read the faxio.json file and use JSONSerialization to populate the dictionary of data
status = readJSON(dict: prefjson.faxioDict, prefsFile: "faxio.json") as! [String : String]

I started by using a struct but then read that structs are always passed by value so I switched to a class. My question is should this work?

Thanks,

Brian

I believe what you are looking for is an inout parameter. https://www.hackingwithswift.com/sixty/5/10/inout-parameters